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Or 12175

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Or 12175
Title:
Karaite liturgical works
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
123 folios (i+123+i)
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1600-1899
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CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
J. Walker
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 12175

Karaite liturgical works

Contents

A collection of various Karaite liturgical works.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-123r
וזאת נשלמה זה התפלה בקר יום השבת ביום חמישי בשבוע ... והוא ארבעה ימים מחדש אדר שנת כי מי צאת'ך מארץ' מצר'ים אר'אנ'ו נ'פ'לא'ו'ת אלמואפק לשהר אלערבי שעבאן שנת ١٢٤٢ כתב ... יעקב החזן ס"ט בן ... משה חיינה...
Title:
Title: Karaite liturgical works
Incipit: אודך בעמים ... ואזמרך בלאומים

A collection of Karaite liturgical poems and prayers.

Ff. 110r-123r: colophon at the end of this work is dated 1242 AH, that is, 1827 CE.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Composite paper codex of the 17th-19th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Various papers, most of them with laid lines and chain lines.
Extent: 123 folios (i+123+i)
Dimensions (leaf): 160/222 × 108/155 mm.
Foliation:

Foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil.

Collation

Leaves on guards.

Condition

Usage stains, liquid damage.

Layout

Columns:1

Leaves of various sizes and layouts.

Hand(s)

Karaite Hebrew square scripts of the 17th-19th century; some initial words in red and green ink; partially vocalised.

Binding

BM in-house.

Title on spine: 'Karaʾite Works. Hebrew. Brit. Mus. Oriental MS. 12,175.'

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1600-1899 17th-19th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquisition note on back flyleaf (i)r: 'Presented by Dr. J. Walker, 21st October, 1949. (keeper of Coins and Medals).'; date of accession 21 October 1949.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the online catalogue of the National Library of Israel and the Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Gaster Collection, the British Library, London; preface by Brad Sabin Hill; reproduced from the MS and typescript blue-slips prepared by Jacob Leeven, Joseph Rosenwasser and David Goldstein (London: Hebrew Section. Oriental and India Office Collection, 1996) (unpublished copy is available in the AAS reading room).

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12175 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Sklare, David, 'A Guide to Collections of Karaite Manuscripts', in Karaite Judaism: A Guide to Its History and Literary Sources, ed. Meira Pollack (Leiden: Brill, 2003), p. 900.

Funding of Cataloguing

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